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    CAROLINE.ALDRIDGESW@YAHOO.COM

    THE LEARNING SOCIAL WORKER

    Caroline Aldridge - social worker, author, speaker, trainer and practice educator. 

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    The importance of a place called home: connection, loss, and hope.

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    An appreciation of ‘appreciative encouragers’. And a pair of fabulous boots!

    An appreciation of ‘appreciative encouragers’. And a pair of fabulous boots!

    What is an ‘appreciative encourager’? I googled it and got no hits. Zilch. I got ‘positive encourager’, ‘appreciative inquiry’, ‘encourager’ but no ‘appreciative encourager’. Slight panic moment… last week I had used the term at a Research in Practice Conference on supervision where I had co-facilitated a workshop. The conference was amazing and I felt privileged to be asked to contribute. But…panic, panic…what if the ideas I shared were not correct, substantial, evidenced???

    caroline.aldridgesw@yahoo.com

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